1784 Peletiah Foster House

Pre-Renovation

Pre-Renovation

When the expansion of a shopping mall threatened to swamp the historic 1784 Peletiah Foster house in South Windsor, Conn., the structure was dismantled -- board by board -- and stored for safekeeping. Miles away, a conservation-minded couple, Anu Koiv and her husband, Dr. Mihkel Haus, heard of the project. Having rehabbed several old homes in the past, the pair knew the rigors involved. "Still, something seemed to call to us," remembers Anu.